Chandigarh, seen as India’s best planned city, will have a Metro of its own which will also link it to the adjoining sub-cities of Mohali and Panchkula. The decision to place the city on the Metro map has been given an “in principle” clearance by the Urban development ministry.
The ministry has asked Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh administrations to initiate work on preparing a detailed project report (DPR) for the mass rapid transport network at the earliest. “The required approvals going through on time, the underground and elevated Metro for Chandigarh and adjoining areas will materialize in about five years,” urban development secretary M Ramachandran told TOI.
The Metro might prove to be boon to the city. Not only will it boost its already high quality of life, it will help the city cater to an increase in population in the future without necessarily putting more pressure on the roads. A Metro system will go a long way in helping maintain Chandigarh’s orderly appearance while doing real estate prices no great harm either.
Links to Mohali and Panchkula will also help ensure that the sub-cities develop and Chandigarh does not bear the burden of increased congestion in the next decade. To provide an impetus to public transport in the city, the UD secretary held a high-level meeting in Chandigarh on Saturday with the adviser to the Administrator of Chandigarh and chief secretaries of Punjab and Haryana.
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